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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Woman in a hijab takes part in Black Lives Matter protest in Cologne, Germany, on June 7, 2020. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Rise of “Woke” Islamism in the West

Lorenzo Vidino

Director of the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University

Lorenzo Vidino

Jan 23, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

Acehnese Muslims are seen attending Eid al-Fitr prayer which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Islamic Center Mosque in Lhokseumawe, on May 13, 2021, Aceh Province, Indonesia. (Photo by Fachrul Reza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Nusantara Islam: Seeking a New Balance in the Muslim World

Rumadi Ahmad

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta

Rumadi Ahmad

Jan 20, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

Afghanistan Sent Signal of Bad Thinking, Weakness and Irresolution

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Jan 18, 2022

In the Media

U.S. servicemen walk through rain and strong winds with an AIM-120 missile on January 31, 2006. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

Commentary

Why the Saudi Arabia Weapons Deal Was a Strategic Necessity

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 28, 2021

Commentary

4 Min Read

Passengers are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)

Commentary

Is the US Repeating the Error of the Iraq Withdrawal?

Mike Watson

Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society

Mike Watson

Dec 17, 2021

Commentary

2 Min Read

A mosaic discovered 1884 at the Church of Saint George in Jordan depicting the Holy Land, including Jerusalem, the Jordan River, and the Dead Sea in the 6th Century AD. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Forgotten History of the Term "Palestine"

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Dec 13, 2021

Commentary

Long Read

A Russian Moskva guided missile cruiser participates in a naval parade near a Ukrainian military base in Sevastopol. (Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

America’s Enemies Fill the Vacuum She Leaves Abroad

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Harry Halem

Research Assistant

Seth Cropsey & Harry Halem

Dec 5, 2021

Commentary

8 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Ep. 32: Why the Middle East Will Continue To Be at the Center of American Foreign Policy

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Robert Greenway

Former Adjunct Fellow

Michael Doran & Robert Greenway

Dec 2, 2021

Podcast

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrives at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on September 21, 2020. (Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Out of Many, One: Erdoğan and the Convergence of Turkish Worldviews

Blaise Misztal

Former Fellow

Blaise Misztal

Reports

10 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Ep. 31: The Gaza War, 2021

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Michael Doran & Marshall Kosloff

Nov 15, 2021

Podcast

Reports

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 29

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

James Barnett

Research Fellow

Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani, Eric B. Brown & James Barnett

Reports

1 Min Read

Libyan protesters gather outside the offices of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Party of Justice and Construction, in the Libyan capital Tripoli on July 27, 2013 (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Libya’s Islamists: A Fragmented Landscape